Home 2018-04-17T14:50:17+00:00

The Leading Specialist in Functional Skills and GCSE eLearning

bksb® is the UK’s most popular eLearning solution for Functional Skills and GCSE. Last year, over 2.7 million individual learners used bksb to improve their skills in English, maths and ICT. In our 22 year history, over 20 million learners have benefited from our easy-to-use online assessments and learning resources, and recent statistics show that our clients typically experience success rates for Functional Skills that are 18% higher than the national average. We were named ‘Company of the Year’ at the prestigious Bett Awards in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Take a look around our website or download our latest brochure. If you have any questions, please get in touch with our friendly team. Alternatively, why not sign up for a free online trial to see our outstanding solutions for yourself!

Get a FREE TRIAL

Apprenticeships

Colleges

Schools

Training Providers

Prisons

Employers

Over 120 million bksb questions were answered in 2015/16

50 million bksb assessments have been taken so far

18%

bksb clients’ success rates are 18% higher than the national average

Over 20 Million Users. Here’s what our clients have to say about bksb…

We love our users, and it sounds like the feeling is mutual!

 bksb Initial & Diagnostic Assessments offer us a crucial platform which informs us of our learners’ individual needs. 

Mark Stewart, East Durham College

 The bksb Support Team are responsive and friendly. They’ve made it easy getting to grips with the bksb system. 

Lisa Westray, Haringey Sixth Form Centre

 bksb has enabled the effective testing, tracking and progression of a large cohort of students. It is accessible and easy to manage. 

Catherine Murphy, Fullhurst Community College, Leicester

 I find your product essential for identifying the skills gaps for our students, it allows staff to plan for specific needs, students to achieve and make progress. 

Susan Halton, Bolton Youth Challenge

 I am delighted with the overall functionality of bksbLIVE. It provides exactly the service we require and our learners enjoy using the system. 

Edward Jones, Cymru Care Training Limited

 In my opinion, bksbLIVE is the best online functional skills system in the market. 

Geoff Cox, TFT Training & Qualifications

Latest News

Get the latest bksb and industry news here, or follow us on social media.

  • Ofqual

    Functional Skills Reform: Your Opinion Matters!

    Ofqual want your views on the proposals, draft rules and guidance being proposed for Functional Skills qualifications in English and mathematics. First teaching of the qualifications will be introduced for September 2019. In the initial [...]

  • Department for Education

    Apprenticeship Starts Down Compared to Previous Year

    The DfE announced in January 2018 that there were around 25,400 apprenticeships starts, compared to 36,700 apprenticeship starts in January the previous year. These figures are presented for transparency purposes, finalised figures for all months [...]

  • Coming soon! bksbLIVE 2 interface upgrade

    As part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing the bksbLIVE 2 online learning platform, we are delighted to announce an interface upgrade due for launch at 5.30pm on 1 June 2018.  The changes will [...]

Recent Tweets

Upcoming Events

It’s all go here at bksb, so to keep track of where we are and what we’re doing, take a look at our events calendar and pencil in a visit.

See all Events…

  • External Exhibitions and Conferences

  • FREE, in-house training events here at bksb

  • International Visits

  • Important Dates in the Educational Calendar

Introduction to bksbLIVE 2 Webinar: May 2018

May 22 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

bksbLIVE 2 interface upgrade: Free webinar

May 22 @ 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Focus Functional Skills Webinar: May 2018

May 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Introduction to Reporting in bksbLIVE 2: May 2018

May 24 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am